Chinese warships sail past northern Japan

1:55 AM,
Jul. 22, 2013

Written by

Richard
Scamehorn

"Chinese warships have passed for the first time through the narrow strait that divides Japan and Russia," as reported by the London Financial Times (July 14).There are international laws

China is becoming more and more brazen in its encroachments on other foreign countries' Pacific Ocean sovereignty. The Law of the Seas, a 1982 treaty - to which China is a signatory - gives sovereign countries the right to claim waters as far as 200 miles offshore for economic possession. The July 14 incursion was another - but more threatening - in China's game of intimidation.